Hendrik Swalmius (1577 – 1649), was a Dutch theologian known today for his portrait by
Frans Hals
Frans Hals the Elder (, , ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, chiefly of individual and group portraits and of genre works, who lived and worked in Haarlem.
Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group ...
.
Biography
He was born in
Rhoon
200px, Castle Rhoon
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Rhoon is a village that borders the municipality of the city of Rotterdam, South Holland, the Netherlands.
According to its history it was established in 1199 and was ruled by the ''lords of Duiveland''. ...
as the son of Hendrick van de Swalme, or Henricus Swalmius, who was probably born in Flanders and spent time in England before becoming preacher in Rhoon in 1580. It was in Rhoon that he changed his name from Swalme to Swalmius. Swalmius the Elder had 4 sons:
# Arnoldus, who became a preacher in Westmaas, 's Gravesande
# Hendrik the younger, this Hendrik who married Judith van Breda in 1600 and became preacher of Oud-Alblas and later of the Grote Kerk, Haarlem in 1625
# Carel (1587-1640) who became a
dike-reeve
A (), sometimes called a , is the chair of a Dutch water board. The dijkgraaf is the equivalent of a mayor in local government and a King's Commissioner in provincial government, chairing both the legislative and executive council, while havi ...
in IJzendijke
# Eleazar (1582-1652), who became a preacher in Amsterdam and was portrayed by Rembrandt (or someone in his studio).
In 1650 an engraving based on the Hals portrait of Hendrick was made by Suyderhoef stating he was a preacher in Rhoon.Hendrik Swalmius portrait in the RKD
After his wife died he remarried in Haarlem in 1640 to IJfje Willems van Weert. He died in Haarlem in 1649.
File:Jonas Suyderhoef after Frans Hals - engraved portrait of Swalmius.JPG, Engraved portrait by
Jonas Suyderhoef
Jonas Suyderhoef (1613 in Haarlem – 1686 in Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age engraver.
Biography
According to the RKD he was known as a draughtsman and printmaker.Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
File:Rembrandt - Portret van predikant Eleazar Swalmius.JPG, His brother Eleazar, formerly attributed to Rembrandt, collection Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
 or his second wife IJfje Willems van Weert (?), pendant to her husband's portrait, collection <a class=){kind=link}